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In 1997 a 2 - 2 Linfield Football Program came to Salem, Oregon to Face off against the Willamette Bearcats who to that point were 5 - 0
On that fateful October day Liz Heaston a Bearcats Soccer Player took the field as a replacement kicker for a PAT in the Second Quarter as The Bearcats Lead 13 - 0. In doing so she became the first who ever stepped foot on the Field in a college football game, a few seconds later she became the first women ever to score in a college football game.
What lead to this moment:
The Bearcats had male kickers, who were injured, so they found Heaston on the soccer team and got her to practice and successfully make field goals.
Aftermath: Liz Heaston goes on to score one more extra Point and the Bearcats finish the game wining over the Wildcats 27 - 0 and they go on to the 1997 NAIA National Championship Losing to Findlay 14 - 7. Heaston ends her football career with a 2 - 4 record in PAT Attempts and goes on to play only soccer at Willamette graduating in 1999. Her Jersey hangs in the College football Hall of Fame